Course 2: Applied Symbolic Reading
🎓 Sensus Plenior Undergraduate Curriculum (Non-Hebrew Track)
🔹 Overview
This curriculum is designed to train students in hearing Christ in all of Scripture using sensus plenior methods — without requiring knowledge of Hebrew. Through layered exposure to symbols, structure, and narrative theology, students develop the ability to trace the cross and the bride through the entire biblical story.
📘 Course 2: Applied Symbolic Reading
Subtitle: Patterns, Numbers, and the Shape of Scripture
Course Goal:
To build fluency in recognizing and interpreting recurring symbol families, numbers, and structural patterns across biblical genres.
Weeks & Themes:
Week 1 – Symbolic Foundations: Review & Expansion
Week 2 – Symbol Families I: Water/Word, Fire/Judgment
- Day 3: Related forms (dew, mist, sea, smoke, flame, cloud)
- Day 4: Cross-symbols in physical elements
Week 3 – Symbol Families II: Tree, Mountain, Seed
Week 4 – Numbers as Narrative Devices
Week 5 – Geography and Space
Week 6 – Literary Mirroring and Chiasm
Week 7 – Applied Genre: Poetry and Psalms
Week 8 – Applied Genre: Law and Covenant Stories
Week 9 – Applied Genre: Gospel & Acts
- [[ Day 17: Fulfillment through symbol — not just citation
- Day 18:
Week 10 – Final Projects: Symbol Map or Narrative Analysis
